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29 min ago | Bend Bulletin

Farmers hope reform bill yields more foreign farm workers

Walk the aisles of any neighborhood grocery store today and you're as likely to find tomatoes picked in Sinaloa, Mexico, as Central California or oranges from Sao Paulo, Brazil, as Bradenton, Fla.

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Related Topix: World News, Brazil, Immigration Reform, US News, Life, Food, Vegetables

4 hrs ago | Reuters

As border tightens, some U.S.-Mexico neighbors reach across the fence

Mexican activist Maria Elena Borquez takes up a paintbrush and daubs a bright splotch of color on the rusted steel fence separating the small Mexican town of Naco from a neighboring town in the United States.

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Related Topix: Naco, AZ, World News, Home Gardening, Home

4 hrs ago | WHTC

As border tightens, some U.S.-Mexico neighbors rea...

Mexican activist Maria Elena Borquez takes up a paintbrush and daubs a bright splotch of color on the rusted steel fence separating the small Mexican town of Naco from a neighboring town in the United States.

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Related Topix: Naco, AZ, World News, Home Gardening, Home

6 hrs ago | El Paso Times

2 men, including Californian, get 15 years in Ju rez slaying

A judge this week sentenced two men to 15 years in prison each in the slaying of a Juarez police captain two years ago, the Chihuahua state prosecutor's office said.

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Related Topix: World News

10 hrs ago | Las Vegas Herald

Aeromexico launches new route Las Vegas - Puerto Penasco - Hermosillo

Aeromexico, Mexico's global airline, together with the Government of Sonora, announces its new route Las Vegas - Puerto Penasco - Hermosillo, Mexico, starting on June 20th, on a seminary and cocktail presentation that took place at the Consulate of Mexico at Las Vegas.

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Related Topix: North America Travel, Travel, Mexico Travel, World News,

Fri May 24, 2013

Mendocino Beacon

Officials say Mexico's drug violence, killings on the decline

The drug-related murders that plagued Mexico for six years have decreased in the past six months, while fewer people have disappeared than previously thought, the interior minister said Friday.

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Related Topix: World News, Mexico

Christian Science Monitor

Frustration and mirth as the EU almost bans olive oil bottles from its restaurants

People look at the Eiffel Tower, lit in the blue and yellow colors of the European Union flag in Paris in this July 2008 file photo.

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Related Topix: World News, Mexico

KNUS-AM Aurora

Arellano Felix drug cartel leader pleads guilty

The last of the brothers accused of creating an infamous Mexican drug cartel pleaded guilty Friday to helping send hundreds of millions of dollars in proceeds from the United States, marking one of the final milestones in an investigation that began nearly two decades ago.

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Related Topix: Prison, Federal Prisons, Drugs, World News,

Canada.com

Former West Van police officer found stabbed to death in Mexico

A retired West Vancouver police officer has been stabbed to death in Mexico, as two other Metro Vancouver families issue pleas for help to find relatives missing in the popular holiday destination.

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Related Topix: North America, World News, Canada, Startups, Facebook

The Miami Herald

Arellano Felix drug cartel figure pleads guilty

This image provided by Mexico's Federal Public Safety Department, SSP, shows wanted drug-kingpin Eduardo Arellano Felix, leader of the Tijuana-based Arellano Felix cartel, who is expected to plead guilty to federal charges Friday, May 24, 2013.

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Related Topix: Drugs, World News, Prison, Federal Prisons

The Raw Story

Mexico is home to the world's second-largest obese population

Artemio Martinez balanced his corpulent frame on a stool in a Mexico City street taco stand, downing a sweet soda and eating a final pork-filled corn tortilla.

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Related Topix: World News, Mexico, Life, Fruits

Hispanically Speaking

Four Mexican Zeta Narcos Plead Guilty to Murder, Attempted Murder of U.S. Agents

Four Mexican cartel members of the vicious Los Zetas have pleaded guilty in U.S. Court to the murder and attempted murder of U.S. federal agents working in Mexico.

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Related Topix: North America, World News,

Houston Press

Chef Chat, Part 3: Ruben Ortega of Hugo's and the Traditional Foods of Mexico

This week, we've been chatting with Ruben Ortega of Hugo's and Backstreet Cafe .

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Dining, Traditional, Ethnic, Anthony Bourdain, Chefs, World News, Recipes

FiveThirtyEight

Latitude: For Mexican Government, Drug-Crime Figures are Political Tool

There are meetings that should not take place. That was my first thought when I talked last week to the Mexican officials who get together every Tuesday to figure out how many people have been killed in the country's drug war.

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MediLexicon

Many Mexican Young Adults Have A Genetic Predisposition To Obesity

As many as 35 percent of Mexican young adults may have a genetic predisposition for obesity, said a University of Illinois scientist who conducted a study at the Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potos .

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Related Topix: North America, World News, Genetics, Medicine, Fasting, Health, Life, Food, Nutrition,

Thu May 23, 2013

Weekend

Son of Malcolm Shabazz funeralized after fatal assault in Mexico City

Funeral services were held Friday, May 17, for Malcolm Lateef Shabazz, the grandson of human rights leader Malcolm X. He was 28 years old.

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Related Topix: World News, Mexico, Documentary Movies, Malcolm X, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Prison

Channelnewsasia.com

5,000 cave paintings discovered in Mexico

Archaeologists have found nearly 5,000 cave paintings made by hunter-gatherers in a northeastern Mexico mountain range where pre-Hispanic groups were not known to have existed.

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Related Topix: Archaeology, Anthropology, Science, World News, Mexico

Bloomberg

Inbursa Drops as CaixaBank Weighs 10% Sale: Mexico City Mover

Grupo Financiero Inbursa SAB , the financial-services firm controlled by billionaire Carlos Slim , fell the most in 21 months after CaixaBank SA said it may sell half of its 20 percent stake.

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Related Topix: World News, Mexico, Carlos Slim Helu, Europe, Spain

StreetsBlog.org

SF Officials, Advocates Take a Ride on BRT and Bike-Share in Mexico City

Supervisor Scott Wiener with the San Francisco delegation at a BRT station platform in Mexico City last week.

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Related Topix: World News, Mexico, San Francisco, CA

Hispanically Speaking

Mexico City Hosts the 1st Chili Pepper, Sauces and Mortars Festival

Chili peppers and sauces will take center stage at a festival being held this week in Mexico City, where the spicy plant, one of the pillars of Mexican cuisine, will be honored, organizers said.

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Related Topix: World News, Mexico, Life, Food, Mexican Cuisine